Garstang
Garstang is a Town in the county of Lancashire.
There are great places to visit near Garstang including some great towns, villages, parks, waterfalls, woodlands, rivers and streams, old mines, ruins, historic buildings, ancient sites, historic monuments, hiking areas, hills, round cairns, lakes, bluebell woods, geological features, gardens, country parks, nature reserves, historic sites, canals, roman sites, museums, caves, limestone pavements, sssis, beaches, attractions, shopping centres, cities and castles.
There are a several good towns in the Garstang area like Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool.
Garstang's best nearby villages can be found at Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester.
There are a several good parks in the Garstang area like Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park.
Garstang has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Bold Venture Waterfall, Sunnyhurst Waterfalls, Hatch Brook Waterfall, Holts Flat Waterfall, Lead Mines Clough Waterfall, Sheep Pen Waterfall, and Old Brooks Waterfall.
Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough are great places to visit near Garstang if you like woodlands.
Rivers and Streams to visit near Garstang include Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth.
Garstang has some unmissable old mines nearby like Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Lead Mines Clough Lead Mines, Coppice Stile Lead Mine Trial, White Coppice Lead Mine, Duxbury Park Colliery (ruin), Ellerbeck Collieries (ruin), and Sykes Mine.
Garstang has some unmissable ruins nearby like Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Ripping (ruin), Wheelton Plantation, Blackhurst (ruin), Heatherlea (ruin), and Shop Fold (ruin).
Garstang's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Church of Saint Stephen at Tockholes, Astley Hall, Chorley Lodge, Belmont Paper Mills (Derelict), Blacko Tower, The Wishing Well at Hollinshead Hall, and Hoghton Tower.
Don't miss Church of Saint Stephen at Tockholes, The Quernmore Burial, Standing Stones Hill, Pikestones Chambered Long Cairn, Jepsons Gate Cairn, Black Coppice Chambered Cairn, and Dog Holes Cave's ancient sites if visiting the area around Garstang.
There are a several good historic monuments in the Garstang area like Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge.
The area around Garstang boasts some of the best hiking areas including Anglezarke, Lead Mines Clough, High Bullough Wood, Stronstrey Bank, Lister Mill Quarry, Great Hill, and White Coppice.
Hills to visit near Garstang include Standing Stones Hill, Great Hill, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Warton Crag, and Parlick.
There are a several good round cairns in the area around Garstang like Jepsons Gate Cairn.
The area around Garstang boasts some of the best lakes including High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir, White Coppice Mill Pond, Big Lodge Water, Top Lodge, The Blue Lagoon, and Lower Ogden Reservoir.
Bluebell Woods to visit near Garstang include High Bullough Wood, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, Warton Crag, and Roddlesworth Woods.
Stronstrey Bank, White Coppice Quarry, Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement, Sykes Mine, and The Great Stone of Fourstones are some of Garstang best geological features to visit near Garstang.
Garstang's best nearby gardens can be found at The Evaders' Garden, Astley Walled Garden, and Hoghton Tower.
Country Parks to visit near Garstang include Yarrow Valley Country Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, Witton Country Park, Beacon Fell, Langroyd Country Park, and Wyre Estuary Country Park.
Garstang has some unmissable nature reserves nearby like Top Lodge, Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood.
The area close to Garstang boasts some of the best historic sites including Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory.
Garstang has some unmissable canals nearby like Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Heath Charnock, Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Higher Wheelton, Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Summit to Wigan Section, Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Adlington, Lancaster Canal at Bolton-le-Sands, and Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Rufford Branch.
Garstang has some unmissable roman sites nearby like Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum.
There are a number of museums near Garstang including Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston.
Caves to visit near Garstang include Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.
Limestone Pavements to visit near Garstang include Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement.
The area around Garstang features a number of interesting sssis including Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors.
There are a number of beaches near Garstang including Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf.
Madame Tussauds Blackpool, The Big One, and Blackpool Pleasure Beach are great places to visit near Garstang if you like attractions.
The area close to Garstang boasts some of the best shopping centres including The Concourse Shopping Centre.
There are a several good cities in the Garstang area like Preston, and Lancaster.
Places near Garstang feature a number of interesting castles including Clitheroe Castle.
Garstang History
There are some historic monuments around Garstang:
Places to see near Garstang
History of Garstang
The town is overlooked by the ruined remains of Greenhalgh Castle, built in 1490 by Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby.
